Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades?

M Vallet-Regí, F Schüth, D Lozano, M Colilla… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

Form follows function: nanoparticle shape and its implications for nanomedicine

C Kinnear, TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive description of the past decade of research into
understanding how the geometry and size of nanoparticles affect their interaction with …

Targeting the transferrin receptor for brain drug delivery

KB Johnsen, A Burkhart, LB Thomsen… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obtaining efficient drug delivery to the brain remains the biggest challenge for the
development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the central nervous system. The main …

Blood-brain delivery methods using nanotechnology

DM Teleanu, C Chircov, AM Grumezescu, A Volceanov… - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pathologies of the brain, of which brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
stroke, and multiple sclerosis, are some of the most prevalent, and that presently are poorly …

Engineering the drug carrier biointerface to overcome biological barriers to drug delivery

JA Finbloom, F Sousa, MM Stevens… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro and nanoscale drug carriers must navigate through a plethora of dynamic biological
systems prior to reaching their tissue or disease targets. The biological obstacles to drug …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient delivery of Temozolomide using ultrasmall large-pore silica nanoparticles for glioblastoma

TI Janjua, Y Cao, A Ahmed-Cox, A Raza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prognosis of brain cancers such as glioblastoma remains poor despite numerous
advancements in the field of neuro-oncology. The presence of the blood brain barrier (BBB) …

Nanobiotechnology-assisted therapies to manage brain cancer in personalized manner

M Nehra, UT Uthappa, V Kumar, R Kumar… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are numerous investigated factors that limit brain cancer treatment efficacy such as
ability of prescribed therapy to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), tumor specific delivery of …

Enhancing Methotrexate Delivery in the Brain by Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Cell-Penetrating Peptide using in Vivo and ex Vivo Monitoring

N Shadmani, P Makvandi, M Parsa, A Azadi… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) acts as a physical/biochemical barrier that protects brain
parenchyma from potential hazards exerted by different xenobiotics found in the systemic …

Nanoformulation properties, characterization, and behavior in complex biological matrices: Challenges and opportunities for brain-targeted drug delivery applications …

V Agrahari, PA Burnouf, T Burnouf… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocarriers (synthetic/cell-based have attracted enormous interest for various therapeutic
indications, including neurodegenerative disorders. A broader understanding of the impact …